TCM treatment of gastroenteritis

With the breakthroughs of Traditional Chinese Medicine in many fields, many people now choose to believe in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Gastroenteritis is usually caused by microbial infection, but can also be caused by chemical poisons or drugs. For healthy adults, gastroenteritis usually only causes discomfort and inconvenience in life, and will not lead to serious consequences. However, for the elderly, it will be unbearable. The elderly believe in Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment even more. For the health of the elderly, we introduce several methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat gastroenteritis.

Chinese Medicine Treatment

(1) Exogenous pathogens invading the stomach: fever, aversion to cold, chest and abdominal fullness, or even pain, nausea and vomiting, or loose stools, white and greasy tongue coating, and a weak and slow pulse.

Treatment method: Dispel evil and relieve exterior symptoms, resolve turbidity and harmonize the middle.

Prescription: 15 grams of Patchouli, 10 grams of Perilla, 6 grams of Angelica dahurica, 5 grams of Citrus grandiflora, 10 grams each of Platycodon, Poria, Tangerine peel, Atractylodes macrocephala, Magnolia officinalis, and Pinellia tuber, and 2 dates.

Chinese patent medicine: Huoxiang Zhengqi Capsules.

(2) Food stagnation: Abdominal distension and fullness that is resistant to pressure, belching and acid regurgitation, which is aggravated by food, and is relieved by vomiting. There is foul-smelling diarrhea, thick and greasy tongue coating, and a slippery and firm pulse.

Treatment method: Digest food and relieve stagnation.

Prescription: 15 grams of hawthorn, 10 grams of Shenqu, 10 grams of Pinellia, 12 grams of Poria, 12 grams of dried tangerine peel, 10 grams of Forsythia, and 10 grams of fried radish seeds.

Chinese patent medicine: Jiawei Baohe Pills.

(3) Internal obstruction of phlegm and heat: abdominal distension and discomfort, frequent vomiting and diarrhea, foul-smelling breath, irritability and thirst, fever, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: Clear away heat and dampness, harmonize the stomach and stop diarrhea.

Prescription: 6 grams of Magnolia officinalis, 9 grams of Coptis chinensis, 6 grams of Pinellia ternata, 6 grams of Acorus calamus, 9 grams of Fermented Black Beans, 9 grams of Gardenia jasminoides, and 30 grams of Phragmites australis.

Chinese patent medicine: Jiawei Xianglian Pills.

(4) Blood stasis blocking the collaterals: frequent and persistent pain in the stomach, or pain like a needle prick, pain in a fixed location, vomiting blood and black stools, purple tongue or ecchymosis, and a wiry and hesitant pulse.

Treatment method: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain.

Prescription: stir-fried Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, 9 grams of Angelica Sinensis, 6 grams of Ligusticum Chuanxiong, 9 grams of Peach Kernel, 9 grams of Carthamus Tinctorius, 6 grams of Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, 6 grams of Cortex Moutan, 6 grams of Paeonia lactiflora, 6 grams of Linderae scutellariae, 6 grams of Corydalis yanhusuo, 6 grams of Panax notoginseng powder, and 10 grams of stir-fried Phellodendron chinense.

Traditional Chinese medicine can only treat gastroenteritis, and Chinese medicine has no side effects, so people of all types can take it. In any case, if you have gastroenteritis now, you must drink more water and be careful not to become dehydrated. If you do not have gastroenteritis and do not want to have it, you must know how to prevent it, do not eat unclean fruits and vegetables, and wash your hands before and after meals. Pay attention to tableware hygiene and keep raw and cooked food separate. Start prevention now to prevent future problems.